World | Ireland Europe Works Out $135B Irish Rescue Deal ...Even though Ireland insists it doesn't want to be rescued By Kevin Spak Posted Nov 17, 2010 6:55 AM CST Copied The European Union flag is reflected on a window in Dublin, Ireland, Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) Senior European financial officials emerged from a meeting in Brussels yesterday saying they were “intensifying preparations” for an Irish bailout of up to $135 billion. IMF experts will head to Dublin this week to examine the country’s finances and work out the details, the Wall Street Journal reports. There’s just one problem: Ireland’s finance minister still insists the country doesn’t want help, despite the punishing rates it’s paying to fund its massive budget deficit. Other euro-zone countries are urging Ireland to take the money, afraid that an Irish collapse would start a chain reaction that could take down the euro itself. But Ireland doesn’t want to give up control of its finances to the IMF, something several countries are insisting on. The bailout would almost certainly include IMF loans, which typically come with policy prescriptions. The UK and EU would also pitch in. Read These Next Beyonce leaves national anthem unfinished. A space capsule carrying ashes of 160 people crashed in the ocean. A lesson in minding your own business ... at 30,000 feet. The death toll in the Texas floods has risen to 27, including 9 kids. Report an error